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Ordinances
and Bills
to be sent
through a
(c) All Ordinances shall be numbered consecutively in a separate series for each year, commencing with the number one, so that-
(i) an Ordinance passed by the House of Assembly (or deemed to have been so passed under section 58 of the Constitution) and assented to by the Governor is included in the series for the year in which it is so passed, and its position in the series is determined with reference to the day on which the Governor has assented to it;
(ii) an Ordinance assented to by Us through a Secretary of State is included in the series for the year in which the Governor has signified Our assent by proclamation, and its position in the series is determined with reference to the day on which Our assent has been so signified.
(d) Matters having no proper relation to each other shall not be provided for by the same Ordinance; no Ordinance shall contain anything foreign to what the title of the Ordinance imports; and no provision having indefinite duration shall be included in any Ordinance expressed to have limited duration.
4. When any Ordinance has been enacted or any Bill has been reserved for the signification of Our pleasure, the Governor shall forth- with transmit to Us through a Secretary of State for the signification of Secretary of Our pleasure, a transcript in duplicate of the Ordinance or Bill, duly authenticated by his own signature, together with an explanation of the reasons and occasion for the enactment of the Ordinance or the passing of the Bill.
State.
Collection of Ordinances to be published annually.
Purchase of
property by Governor.
Oath of allegiance by public officers, etc.
5. As soon as practicable after the commencement of each year the Governor shall cause a complete collection of all Ordinances enacted during the preceding year to be published for general information.
6. The Governor shall not, directly or indirectly, purchase for him- self any land or building in the Gilbert Islands to Us belonging without Our special permission given through a Secretary of State.
7. The Governor may, whenever he thinks fit, require any person in the public service of the Gilbert Islands or holding any office constituted by or under the Constitution to make an oath or affirmation of allegiance in the form set out in Annex 2 to the Constitution together with any other oath or affirmation that may be prescribed in relation to his office by any law for the time being in force in the Gilbert Islands.
Given at Our Court at St. James's this Fifth day of November 1976 in the twenty-fifth year of Our Reign.
October 1978
Printed by Her Majesty's STATIONERY OFFICE ST STEPHEN'S PARLIAMENTARY PRESS
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